Balo-Banga J. Matyas
Hospital of the Hungarian Defense Forces
Hungary
Biography
Baló-Banga (J. Mátyás) has graduated from Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest. After residency and specialization in dermatology-venereology he was assistant professor in the Dept. of Experimental Oncology at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis. After returning from the US he defended his PhD Thesis in Budapest and became specialist in laboratory medicine and in allergy-immunology. Up to 1989 he participated in basic and clinical research with the Austrian Centre Seibersdorf. In the 1990-s he was elected as Secretary General of the Hungarian Dermatologic Society. After 28 years at the University Dermatology Department he became head of the Dermatology in the Military Hospital. He wrote or edited 20 books&book chapters and has ~40 papers cited in international medical databases.